Device for locating faults in line-conductor insulation.



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Be itknown that I, SnvnnN D. iz-1xoi-r.,v s citizen f the United Statesresid' at .Brooklyndn the county of Kings and tate of New York, have invented s. certain new and useful 'rovement in Devices for Loeating' 'Faults 1n Line-Conductor Insulation, of whichthe following is a specification.'

The'invetion is e vdevice for locating.l

1o faults in `lineI conductor insulation. In

present devices for this urpose dependingf -on` .thej Wheaitstone bri ge rnci le,` the vsu'xnsof the. brid nrc forme of t e main conductors, and si adjustment. ofy contacts 15 onsid erms'introduces resistance vcrmtions which affect accuracy ofdetermination. My device nvoidsf this diiculty, allows of the location of the fsult without calculation by tlij user, and is independent .of vnriation feo and extent of current m um une.

The accompanying drnwmg is an electrical diagrum wherein the various elements are shown symbolically.

A, B, C, D are `bridge arms of suitable' 2li conductance for thenoi'mnl line current.

. The. testing battery E, grounded ut one pole,

' is connected et its'other` pole to the junction point F of arms A, C. The terminals of n.

. two conductor line G, ,H are connected re.- sans tvel to arms B, D, Between the. Mms B an C, D are interosed lor' resistance shunts 'L J, A shunt lof very high re 'stsnc'e relativelyto shunt I is connected to the, ends of shunt I, vand a similar high re-.

D sistahne'sl'lunt L isconnected tothe ends of I it s scledgdraduated in equal units from 100e at the mi le to zei at each end. The voltmeter scaleis graduated in equal1 units from '5' zero at thegmiddleto 100 at each 'endI Since the Igrop'ortion of the current which trsverses. .is very smal1,.it will be ci served that by. this arrangement I heve'provided a. phantom brid lcom osed ofthe L' an the contactA .spending position on shunt L.

' iliunt. L. .length of consegnati-mesenteric. n Y Patented Mnr.2,1915, Appneaummamuhze, 1914,. sensinmseuso. l

erms'N, O, to which themillivoitmer is. connected A mume the line conductons G H to be connected at their distant ends at and this Gonneotlonto be grounded atits middle .co

pQnt'U, (as shown in, dotted lines) and the arm N to beplaced ctl00 on the Sonie of shunt K, the opposite arm O bein in corre- Q le drop in potential from F to U will be the same 1n current etn F,-AfK, B, G, S. U as in cur- 'rent path C, L, D H, S, U' and if we conceive these two paths to b c divided into an equal numher of equal units of length, then the drop 1n potentiel for each unit will 70 be the same: so also for equal fractions of the lengths of these patl1s-41s,`or example,

the shunts I, J, and so also for the deriifed .phantom bridge 'shunts K, L. Hence the millivoitmeter connected to shunts K ,"L' wiii 75 indicate zero. Y j Y Y j Assume now the ground to be .removed from. ont U und applied to point''fon condufoor ILnnd .that this new position of l ound constitutes the fault tothe lo- 8o e the ca te Two unequal athsfcr .the current will be formed, nam y, from peint' F by way of I, B, G,- S to T, hereafter called for' 'brevitv path 1, and from point F .hy-wa "Coi` J, D, H to.T, hereafter called path 2. ne .85

drop in potential from F to T in both paths tl1esa.n1ebut the dro er unit of lengt-ii 1n the tivo paths is no t e smile. if, for illustration, ath 1 were twice as long as path 2, thent e drop over lone unit of length on path-2 vwould equal the .dro over two .units tof length on 'path 1. O viouslgyin.V

-such case theneutrul position frthe con' tact arms H, O on shunts K, L will Ano longer be et 10.0, and the voltmcter will show a de-v flecton, so long cs the contact erin N is leftv at the mark. In order-to restore new trality, it will be necessary to move thefconf tact arm N-.t'c'sueh n: vposition ne that the distance on shunt K froml the zero point on 10i* the left of scale shallbefgreoter then the distance from said zero cintto ,10U-on the scale, thus increasing t .Ie length of .that shunt in the voltmeter circuittnn'. slt: the same' time by the movement, of

t cqrrespo' .ndnglv the 'd shunt in sind ennuie. Whse the voltmeter needle comes hack to zero, the length of shunt K included in the voltmetcr circuit, from the zero point on the no erz'nOon 105 .I

that the fault is located on line conductor oft the scale. en shunt K from 100 to O-#n-nd et o. point distant 60 per cent. of the length f of said conductor measured from point F.

In every day use of this device, it is only t necessary to make the connections as shown,

only a direct current of any suitable quantity alud which also maybe variable, and ll-hen adjust the contacts N, O4 by' turning hub M until the 'voltmetcr rends z ero. I

ing one iisd by actual use that thc resultscarc' suli-A ciently accurate for all practical purposes.

I claimz' l. A device for locating faults inn two conductor line, com rising a Wheatstbne bridge having arms iii, arms, B, D, being respectivelyconnected to said lino conductors, u testing battery havole grounded and the other pole connecte to the junction of arms A, C, two

. 'neecd across the joints between arms vA, B

conductors I, J of definite resistance con ne conditions indicated on the drawing iii--represented by the right hand portion B,AC, l), two of said und arms C, D, two conductors K, L' of relatively -.high resistance as compared with conductors I, J connected in shunt therewith undv across .said'joints, a pivoted support, mutually insulated contact 'arms on. said support, and a voltmeter connected to corresponding ends of said high resistance conduetois: the said high resistance'eonductors said contact 'ni-ms.l v

A dev iec oi'locating faults in o. two conductor line, com rising a Wheatstone bridge having arms arms, 13,1), being respectively connected to said line Conduetors,`a testing battery having .one pole grounded und the other` pole connected to the junction' of arms A, C, two confjductoxs I, J of definite resistance connected being. of arcfshape and coperating fwlithacross the joints between arms A, Bond.: arms C, D, two conductors K, L Avof rela a tively high resistance ascompared withconductors I, J connected in shunt therewith and across said jolntsyinutually insulated'V Contact armscoperating respectively with A.

said high resistancevconductors, and a po tential indicating-device connected to said A I l C 8.11118. Y f v In testimony whereof l -have niiixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: l

Gnmnuun P. Pon'rnn, MAY T. McGAnRx.'

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